On yet another dreary commuting foray to North America, I had the opportunity to converse at length with an eminent climate scientist over anthropogenic global warming issues.

Chris de Freitas and Keith Hunter says the global temperature has not risen over the past 13 years.

The Scientist shuffled into the room. He hated this room and every time he was in it he longed for the safety of his laboratory.

Despite weather extremes, an Auckland climate scientist is unconvinced about the role of human-induced global warming.

Human-influenced global warming has played a role in the severe weather events in NZ and abroad...